Ronde van Vlaanderen 2021 ***Spoilers***

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Irrelevant now that WVA back with the fodder.

    So, Sep Vanmarcke to launch a late attack, bridge and win the sprint. :p:D
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    edited April 2021
    I think Asgreen might be happy with second-behind-Van der Poel...

    (edit - You're welcome Magnus)
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,479
    I wonder how many of the chasers who are too tired to do their share of the turns will suddenly find the strength to go flat out in the sprint for third.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,931
    Is that 2 DQs there for the front 2
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    tailwindhome said:

    Is that 2 DQs there for the front 2


    VDP certainly worse than Schar
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Golden bonnet makes a late break for bronze.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    edited April 2021
    MvDP wins the sprint.....................not!
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,564
    Wow
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,918
    Missed gear change for MvdP?
    Chapeau Asgreen
    Golden top gets third.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,804
    Well I never ..
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    JAAAAAAA KASPAAAAAR!!!!
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  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    BOOOOOM fantastic finish
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,479
    Asgreen takes the sprint. Who would have predicted that? GVA takes third.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,224
    Great work
  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    Woowwwww Kaspar!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,804
    Started to early MvdP
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,479
    Asgreen played that perfectly. MvdP a bit over-confident in taking the turn 1.4k out.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,804
    ddraver said:

    I think Asgreen might be happy with second-behind-Van der Poel...

    (edit - You're welcome Magnus)

    Happier with 1st thou
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    Those were both exhibitions on 'Sprinting after a 250 km classic is not the same as sprinting the rest of the time'
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    edited April 2021
    Matthew van Der Plonker.
    Another victory for man-to-man marking.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,564
    edited April 2021
    tailwindhome said:

    Is that 2 DQs there for the front 2

    Litter zone at 2.2km to go according to the Twitters.

    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,804
    Decent enough ding dong .
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,804
    Look how fresh he is ... 250k ronde win in your legs
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    Scenes in the Not a Doc Household right now...


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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    If I'm the boss of AG2R I'm going to the commissaires and asking why Asgreen and VDP throwing away their bidons was any different to Schar.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    👆👆👆
    gweeds said:

    tailwindhome said:

    Is that 2 DQs there for the front 2

    Litter zone at 2.2km to go according to the Twitters.

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Well I thought that was looking pretty inevitable!

    Good ride by Asgreen
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,224
    edited April 2021
    gweeds said:

    tailwindhome said:

    Is that 2 DQs there for the front 2

    Litter zone at 2.2km to go according to the Twitters.

    There was a big "no littering from here" sign at 1.9km to go. So I assumed it was ok up till then.
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,827
    Well I did not expect that. Fair play though.

    I do wonder if WvA and VDP will start to look at themselves now. Their talent and way they can ride a bike is unbelievable but their tactics are not. It seems they do far too much work and in the classics you pay for it.

    For example why the hell did WvA attack that group after he’d been dropped, the win is gone. Just sit on the back, rest and try for 3rd. All these silly little moves just cost energy and we’ve seen it often now that when the big move comes he can’t follow. Maybe it will come with age but someone needs to sit him down and have a word.

    Other teams seem to have figured out MVP and WvA and can ride accordingly. Just a pity we don’t have Roubaix now.
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